Books that will give you nightmares - but in a good way!
1

by
4.28 avg rating — 1,734,274 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
4.24 avg rating — 1,291,830 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
4.09 avg rating — 713,708 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.10 avg rating — 670,994 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
4.21 avg rating — 276,204 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
4.20 avg rating — 5,594,570 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.02 avg rating — 1,505,433 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.35 avg rating — 847,106 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
4.22 avg rating — 835,451 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
3.82 avg rating — 138,829 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
3.99 avg rating — 861,880 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
3.91 avg rating — 83,865 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.80 avg rating — 326,275 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
4.09 avg rating — 205,871 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.06 avg rating — 162,308 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
3.81 avg rating — 406,552 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 137,125 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
3.69 avg rating — 68,689 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
3.84 avg rating — 156,570 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.04 avg rating — 200,797 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
3.83 avg rating — 679,062 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
3.68 avg rating — 64,726 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
3.95 avg rating — 81,357 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
3.86 avg rating — 266,646 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
3.78 avg rating — 229,587 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
4.15 avg rating — 2,483,766 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
4.38 avg rating — 1,902 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
4.02 avg rating — 658,398 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
3.59 avg rating — 181,109 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
3.98 avg rating — 282,786 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
3.95 avg rating — 116,835 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
3.97 avg rating — 109,932 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
4.01 avg rating — 121,137 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
3.38 avg rating — 183,508 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
35

by
4.04 avg rating — 70,227 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
3.92 avg rating — 213,115 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
3.76 avg rating — 83,783 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.66 avg rating — 187,818 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
3.99 avg rating — 138,664 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
3.80 avg rating — 90,744 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
3.97 avg rating — 139,348 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,059,247 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
4.29 avg rating — 172,900 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
3.65 avg rating — 239,073 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
3.61 avg rating — 166,893 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
3.88 avg rating — 27,993 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
4.08 avg rating — 70,220 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
3.88 avg rating — 61,184 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
49

by
4.36 avg rating — 223,557 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
50

by
3.91 avg rating — 671,527 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
3.91 avg rating — 25,911 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
4.06 avg rating — 73,459 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
4.09 avg rating — 76,269 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
54

by
3.95 avg rating — 88,557 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
4.19 avg rating — 30,223 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
4.05 avg rating — 29,364 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
57

by
3.70 avg rating — 95,608 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
3.93 avg rating — 45,396 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
59

by
4.19 avg rating — 173,108 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
4.04 avg rating — 122,220 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
4.27 avg rating — 10,153 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
4.17 avg rating — 75,039 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
63

by
4.04 avg rating — 70,172 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
3.77 avg rating — 156,463 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
65

by
3.81 avg rating — 21,447 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
66

by
3.86 avg rating — 154,994 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
4.24 avg rating — 294,918 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
3.87 avg rating — 23,189 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
3.92 avg rating — 1,944,464 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
4.25 avg rating — 251,287 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
71

by
4.27 avg rating — 223,476 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
3.73 avg rating — 137,345 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
4.30 avg rating — 46,194 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 780,515 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
75

by
4.29 avg rating — 192,226 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
4.03 avg rating — 115,233 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
77

by
4.09 avg rating — 65,873 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
4.14 avg rating — 463,823 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
3.92 avg rating — 13,846 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
80

by
4.07 avg rating — 89,412 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
3.83 avg rating — 170,135 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
82

by
4.07 avg rating — 371,685 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
4.05 avg rating — 213,390 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
3.75 avg rating — 20,547 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
85

by
3.77 avg rating — 32,173 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
3.97 avg rating — 39,425 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
4.27 avg rating — 1,656,593 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
88

by
3.87 avg rating — 28,690 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
4.67 avg rating — 57 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
3.62 avg rating — 16,204 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
91

by
3.72 avg rating — 10,703 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
92

by
3.64 avg rating — 181,393 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
92

by
3.89 avg rating — 156,298 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
94

by
3.63 avg rating — 8,878 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
95

by
3.81 avg rating — 154,076 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
96

by
3.49 avg rating — 75,720 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
97

by
4.62 avg rating — 97 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
98

by
3.58 avg rating — 2,114 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
99

by
3.62 avg rating — 5,751 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
100

by
4.01 avg rating — 661,477 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
639 books · 735 voters · list created August 6th, 2009 by TM (votes) .
160 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


TM 33 books
0 friends
Greyweather 2660 books
65 friends
Bettie 15685 books
19 friends
Robert 2759 books
307 friends
Lezlee 1467 books
84 friends
Anna 6410 books
47 friends
Sofia 1537 books
182 friends
Esmer 399 books
36 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-16 of 16 (16 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

message 1: by Adam (new)

Adam Haha, look at how many of thes are Stephen King!


message 2: by Morgan (new)

Morgan F Adam/ wrote: "Haha, look at how many of thes are Stephen King!"

That's what I was thinking. I like how his name is even in the tags.


message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

He's written many books, and each has a way of getting to your mind and screw with you... guess they were bound to crop up :D
Now, this list has given me a lot more tittles to read.


message 4: by Mihaela (new)

Mihaela The Stephen King's list.
His name is so common here and of course is not without a reason.


message 5: by Aubrey (new)

Aubrey Well I can't take this list seriously, there's a Harry Potter book on here!


message 6: by Olivia (new)

Olivia Might as well call this Steven King Book List. No surprise his books are the scariest.


message 7: by Karrie (new)

Karrie What book is Harry Potter may I ask? I didn't see it.I like Blake Crouch, konrath as well as Amy Cross.


message 8: by Lynn (new)

Lynn Neering Wow- some of these title brought back memories of reading years and years ago. It reminded me of some series that I need to start again! Thanks!!


message 10: by Debbie (new)

Debbie Darnell-kielman great list when you are trying to think "now what do I want to read next?" Except for the Harry Potter book.


message 11: by Laura (last edited Jul 24, 2016 12:03PM) (new)

Laura Manory I chose harry potter out of curiosity. Even my grandkids are not into him...at all. I wanted to know what the big deal was. Then I saw the first movie of it. It is definitely for young kids. I prefer Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Michael Laimo (the next Stephen King), Jeffrey Deaver and others of the same genre. It IS my favorite genre.


message 12: by Holly (new)

Holly This is a seriously flawed list.........lots of books here have a scare factor comparable to Scooby Doo.


message 13: by Nisus (new)

Nisus Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis and The Castle should be in this list. Kafka is the king of what one could call "absurdist horror" (sic), his main character is basically in the same situation than the "last survivor" of a horror story- he never knows if he's awake or experiencing a nightmare.

Also, Harry Potter is a children's book and does not belong anywhere in a list like this


message 14: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

~☆~Autumn There are NO good nightmares. There are good dreams but by definition a nightmare is terrifying and BAD.


message 15: by Benjamin (new)

Benjamin Holly wrote: "This is a seriously flawed list.........lots of books here have a scare factor comparable to Scooby Doo."

Can you recommend some good scary books?


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Benjamin wrote: "Can you recommend some good scary books?"

'Scary' can have different reasons... :-)


back to top



Related News

Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day, according to early...

Anyone can add books to this list.